Sanitary container



Sept. 25, 1934. F. J. SESSLER 9 9 3 SANITARY CONTAINER Filed Jan. 17, 1954 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 25, 1934. F. J. SESSLER 1,974,630

SANITARY CONTAINER Filed Jan. 17, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor Fre der'z'a/ffjes sZer,"

Attorney Patented Sept. 25, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT orr ci;

19 14530 i p v v sANrrAitr CONTAINER 1 Frederick John Sessler, Sheboygan, Wis.

Application Januar iq, 1934, Serial. No. worms 5Claimsl (Cl. 220-63) My invention relates generally to sanitary conthe casing in such a way that the front plate tainers and receptacles, and particularly to a. '13 may be swung outwardly or forwardly to ex,- container arranged 'fordetachalole mounting on a pose the interior of the casing for replacing or hospital bed'or sta'nd, for the reception'of soiled removing the sack or bag 11. It is toloe one articles, andan important object of my invention served that the top flange 14-and theside flanges 5g isxto provide a simple and inexpensive container 16 arediscontinuous with respectto each oth- Oflllh'lS type which will ,compel-disposalof soiled arer, so that the top flange 14 will be free =to-spring ticles in asantiary manner, wherebysaid articles relative to the plate .13, so that it may be given a .will be contained in a sanitary and isolated conposition in which it will normally frictionally .ene

dition stfter'disposaLsoas to avoidexposure after gage. the top side of the top 6 while closed as 65 disposal of said articles v shown in Figure 4, so as to maintain the f ront wother obiects and advantages 'of the invention plate 13 in the closed position. v

will be apparent from a reading of the following The back wall or plate .19 of the .casingii description in connection with the drawings, intermediate its upper and lowerends a punched wherein for. :piirposes of illustration ,Ihave shown out tab which is of inverted generally tri m apreferred embodiment 'of "my invention. angular form having its apex portion cut .oit as the drawingsz indicated at 2l. This supporting tab is arranged Figure- 1 'is'a. front elevational View of the de-, to removably seat within a conformably shaped vice. bucket or socket-22 which is .tormed on the 3 5p Figure 2 151a top plan view :of Figure 1. mounting generally designated 23. .By this ar- 15 Figure :3 an elevational view of the back rang-ement the mounting 23may'be left in place of" the device. j on the bedor stand, whilethe receptacle or con.-

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view tainer. is readily removable from the mounting. through Figure '3. v By this arrangement supports or mountings 23 Figure 5 is anelevational viewof the-supporting may be permanently installed on the beds or tab on the 'back ofythe-device. j stands, if desired, or made to simply hook over Figure 6 is an elevational view of the mounta convenient part of the bed or stand.

i g. v v The support generally designated 23 is a rela- Figure 7 isa vertical, transverse sectional View tively wide plate bent into inverted J-shaped 3U through Figure 4 showing the "bottom 100115131110- form as shown in Figures 4 and 3 to provide a 5 tion. M y i wide bearing .on the side member :or rail .of the Figure 8 is xaqtop :plan view of the removable .bed or stand. .An additional plate 24 is secured bag or sack and its retainer. to the inner side of the J-shaped form to provide .Figure 9 is alperspective view. of the bag or the socket 2 2, or the;mernber 24andtheJ-shaped g sackiretainer. 1 2 v form maybemade in-one piece if this be found Referring i-ndetail totheldrawings the numermore convenient. g ell '5 generally designates a vertically elongated For holding the bag or sack 11 up in position casing'of generally rectangularzcross'section,:a;land to ikeepthe mouth thereof properly rethough ituma'y be of somero'ther cross :sec'tiondf iceptive :areletion I provide the spring generally so desired; which has out-wardlydeclining top 6 designated 25 which is U-shaped in form and is 5 providedwith a disposalaopeningb'l. Withinthe arranged to engage three sides f th .b g on true bottom of the casing '5 is an inverted 1U? lthe inside :of thetop asgshown :in Figures l and shaped member :8 which res't's on the bottom 9 to .s,xandby its outwardly springing tcharacter hold provide the {elevated floor or false-bottom 1-0, 'on the mp of the bag properly in place. It is ob- 45 which the con-tormably shaped replaceable bag yious that this will support the :outer front we orsa'ck T1 rests {so as to bring its upper end 12 side :of'ithe. top of the bag ind en ntl Q; the to a point slightly below the declining. top 16 as IfI OH b W.aH,I1'3"Of the casing which is a valuable shown in Figure 4. f t i arrangementsconsldering that then? t nt wall t3 'The front of thecasing is-oomposed of a plate .to ibe swungioutwe 'dl-y and o t Q $ll l iq te l .450 13 which has a flange 14 on its upper end for relation to the front side of the bag when either resting upon the top side of the top 6 and side replacing or removing the bag. It will be noted flanges 15, 16, respectively, which engage the that the bight portion of the spring retainer 25 outside of the side walls of the casing. The is located usually across the back of the casing lower end part of the side flanges 15, 16 are pivas shown in Figures 4 and 8.

oted as indicated at 1'7, 18 to the side walls of In order to provide convenient access to the interior of the container or receptacle 5, and to insure against the contents of the container being exposed through the opening '7 in the top of the container, I provide a normally closed door 26 which is downwardly swingable by pressure of the hand thereon to permit the insertion into the container of the material which is to be disposed of.

The door 26 is simply a plate hinged as indicated at 2'7 to the upper edge of the opening '7 so that the lower end of the door will swing against the underside of the top 6 as shown in Figure 4. A suitable spring 28 has one end secured as indicated at 29 to the underside of the top 6 above the opening 7 and has its opposite end working against the lower side of the-door. 26. It is obvious that by this arrangement the door 26 will swing closed whenever pressure is removed therefrom. This and the other described features have the obvious result of providing for complete isolation of contaminated material within the container, and the more unobvious result of compelling the patient to avoid expectorating directly into the container and encouraging the patient to expectorate in a handkerchief or napkin, and to dispose of the napkin in the manner indicated.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire to limit the application of the invention thereto, and any change or changes may be made in material and structure and arrangement of parts, within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the subjoined claims.

What is claimed is:--

1. A sanitary receptacle of the character described comprising a container having an opening in its top of less extent than the area of said top, an upwardly spring pressed door mounted on said top and normally closing said opening, said container being open at its front, a hinged plate arranged to close said front, a removable refuse receptacle supported on the bottom of said container, a spring within the upper part of said refuse receptacle and pressing two opposite sides and the back thereof against the side walls and back wall of the upper part of said container so as to hold the top of the refuse receptacle in refuse receiving relation to said opening in the top of the container, said spring failing to engage the front of said refuse receptacle.

2. -A sanitary receptacle of the character described comprising a container having an opening in its top of less extent than the area of said top, an upwardly spring pressed door mounted on said top and normally closing said opening, said container being open at its front, a hinged plate arranged to close said front, a removable refuse receptacle supported on the bottom of said container, a spring within the upper part of said refuse receptacle and pressing two' opposite sides and the back thereof against the side walls and back wall of the upper part of said container so as to hold'the top of the refuse receptacle in refuse receiving relation to said spring in the top of the container, said spring failing to-engage the front of said refuse receptacle, said spring having no direct engagement with said container.

3. A sanitary receptacle of the character described comprising a container having an opening in its top of less extent than the area of said top, an upwardly spring pressed door mounted on said top and normally closing said opening, said container being open at its front, a hinged plate arranged to close said front, a removable refuse receptacle supported on the bottom of said container, a spring. within the upper part of said refuse receptacle and pressing two opposite sides and the back thereof against the side walls and back wall of the upper part of said container so as to hold the top of the refuse receptacle in refuse receiving relation to said spring in the top of the container, said hinged plate being hingedly mounted on said container by its lower end'so as to swing upwardly to a closed position and downwardly to an open position, respectively, in a vertical plane.

4. A sanitary receptacle of the character described comprising a container having an opening in its top of less extent than the area of said top, an upwardly spring pressed door mounted on said top and normally closing said opening, said container being open at its front, a hinged plate arranged to close said front, a removable refuse receptacle supported on the bottom of said container, a spring within the upper part of said refuse receptacle and pressing two opposite sides and the back thereof against the side walls and back wall of the upper part of said container so as to hold the top of the refuse receptacle in refuse receiving relation to said spring in the top of the container, said spring failing to engage the front of said refuse receptacle, said hinged plate being hingedly mounted on said container by its lower end so as to swing upwardly to a closed position and downwardly to an open position, respectively, in a vertical plane, the upper end of said hinged plate having a part arranged to frictionally engage the said top of the container to-hold said hinged plate closed.

5. A sanitary receptacle of the character described comprising a container having an opening in its top of less extent than the area of said top, an upwardly spring pressed door mounted on said top and normally closing said opening, said container being open at its front, a hinged plate arranged to close said front, a removable refuse receptacle supported on the bottom of said container, a spring within the upper part of said refuse receptacle and pressing two opposite sides and the back thereof against the side walls and back wall of the upper part of said container so as to hold the top of the refuse receptacle in refuse receiving relation to said spring in the top of the container, said spring failing to engage the front of said refuse receptacle, said hinged plate being hingedly mounted on said container by its lower end so as to swing upwardly to a closed position and downwardly to an open position, respectively, in a vertical plane, the upper end of said hinged plate having a part arranged to frictionally engage the said top of the container to hold said hinged plate closed, and second parts on the vertical side edges thereof for similarly frictionally engaging the side walls of said container.

FREDERICK JOHN SESSLER. 

